The Box

*Ok this is my first review, but there seems to be a lot of overly harsh feedback on this show.*

The show is incoherent. People giving this a 10 must be on drugs.

I love Ana Friel...and now I don't.

Those looking for a new show for entertainment, look elsewhere.

Sorry, but pretentiousness is not a good quality.

WHY?, This should have been a great showing, especially when you consider previous roles played by Anna Friel.

SHE is actually good in this!, BUT the script lets it down Very Badly.

Production values are about average, the camera work is above average and in all, the acting is quite good.

It's quite hard to find good to say about this because of awful script writing.

To Conclude, Note to the production company or companies, Please invest more in decent scripts!.

It would make sense to invest more in production and script writers with even some talent, than to give the lead Actor/s the bulk of finances.

Wow. Expected this to be good but boy was I wrong.

Such unlikeable characters this whole show is let down purely on the terrible script.

A great concept with great actors ruined by a horrendously annoying storyline/script.

Yikes. Every time Pici freaks out thinking something is real that clearly isn't and the people around her just super calmly say 'oh no, please don't, you need help' but literally do heck all to actually stop her insanity.

What's up with the psychiatrist. She's the strangest character I can't tell if she's shady, incompetent, or confused about where she is and what she's doing.

Plus the supernatural aspect is woven in so terribly.

I don't know why anyone thought this was okay to put out in it's current state but yea, I'd give it a miss.

Enjoyed Anna Friel as Marcella. This role is similar: The outsider cop accused of wrongdoing with mental health problems and a complicated private life. The character worked as Marcella, here not so much, seems Friel has no range. It is not clear why this Swedish production chose to use a host of British actors in a US setting. It is jarring, better to use this cast in the UK or get Americans.

Horror/suspense clichés are littered throughout the first two episodes (As much as I could stomach) - quirky camera angles, dark restricted colour-palette sets, jittery lighting ... This is not an intrinsic problem, but The Box has nothing else to recommend it.

Such a disappointment, this had the potential to be compelling viewing, but fails on every level.

Nothing about this show works. The writing is bizarre, the accents are wild, and the single indoor set the whole thing takes place on is like some community theatre idea of what an American police station looks like. Oh and the costumes, my god, the costumes. Hilarious.

The whole thing feels like a cutaway joke from 30 Rock.

If you like the idea of Anna Friel playing a detective with unmanaged PTSD, watch Marcella instead.